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Sobecka, Anna: Świat zwierząt Daniela Schultza
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The World ofAnitnals by Daniel Schultz
Daniel Schultz (1615-1683) was one of the most important painters of his time,
highly regarded among the Polish nobility and patricians of his native city of Gdańsk.
Schultz’s gamę and animal pieces resemble works of Flemish artists. His earliest animal
picture Trophies in the Pantry is perhaps most Southern Netherlandish in character.
Fred G. Meijer attributed to Schultz a painting on the subject of hunting, bearing the
monogram “DS” and dated 1649. Schultz also executed a smaller painting, which is
a depiction of a fox (or rather a dog) head shown in profile and a bunch of grapes, with
some killed birds. Fruthermore, two other animal paintings by Schultz are known from
the National Museum in Gdańsk.
In 2014, a pair of pendant paintings of dead birds appeared on the art market.
Their similarity to the Medicean Trophies led the experts of the Artcurial auction house
to ascribe them to Schultz. As one compares them with some other works by the Gdańsk
artist, the resemblance is even morę pronounced. Both paintings are now in a Polish
private collection. In the Museum of Fine Arts in Gent there are two other paintings
attributed to Frans Snyders and Jan Fyt which could have been painted by Daniel Schultz.
The focus on perfectly studied animals, framing of the composition, and a summary
treatment of the background are characteristic of him. The ‘Ds 16 ’ monogram bears
the painting from the Kuscovo Pałace (Moscow), which depicts A Heron, a Bittern and
a Rabbit.
Schultz was the first artist in the territories associated with the Polish-Eithuanian
Commonwealth to create independent animal and still life paintings. Possibly a pupil
of Elias Vonck, the Amsterdam master active in Prussia, Schultz was also influenced
by Antwerp masters such as Frans Snyders and Johannes Spruyt.
Schultz’s interest for animal themes and still life may have been connected with
characteristic features of the culture of Gdańsk, such as, for instance, a penchant for
hunting, viewed both as a pastime and a subject for art. Gdańsk citizens enjoyed the
right to hunt as of 1588, earlier than any other European bourgeoisie. Most signed works
by Schultz are his depictions of animals. This could be an indirect suggestion about the
identity of the recipients of Schultz’s depictions of the animal world. As stated above,
the Gdańsk citizens had a predilection for hunting pieces; they also cared morę than
courtiers about the fact that such representations were authored by a Gdańsk artist.
Świat
zwierząt
Daniela
Schultza
Daniel Schultz (1615-1683) was one of the most important painters of his time,
highly regarded among the Polish nobility and patricians of his native city of Gdańsk.
Schultz’s gamę and animal pieces resemble works of Flemish artists. His earliest animal
picture Trophies in the Pantry is perhaps most Southern Netherlandish in character.
Fred G. Meijer attributed to Schultz a painting on the subject of hunting, bearing the
monogram “DS” and dated 1649. Schultz also executed a smaller painting, which is
a depiction of a fox (or rather a dog) head shown in profile and a bunch of grapes, with
some killed birds. Fruthermore, two other animal paintings by Schultz are known from
the National Museum in Gdańsk.
In 2014, a pair of pendant paintings of dead birds appeared on the art market.
Their similarity to the Medicean Trophies led the experts of the Artcurial auction house
to ascribe them to Schultz. As one compares them with some other works by the Gdańsk
artist, the resemblance is even morę pronounced. Both paintings are now in a Polish
private collection. In the Museum of Fine Arts in Gent there are two other paintings
attributed to Frans Snyders and Jan Fyt which could have been painted by Daniel Schultz.
The focus on perfectly studied animals, framing of the composition, and a summary
treatment of the background are characteristic of him. The ‘Ds 16 ’ monogram bears
the painting from the Kuscovo Pałace (Moscow), which depicts A Heron, a Bittern and
a Rabbit.
Schultz was the first artist in the territories associated with the Polish-Eithuanian
Commonwealth to create independent animal and still life paintings. Possibly a pupil
of Elias Vonck, the Amsterdam master active in Prussia, Schultz was also influenced
by Antwerp masters such as Frans Snyders and Johannes Spruyt.
Schultz’s interest for animal themes and still life may have been connected with
characteristic features of the culture of Gdańsk, such as, for instance, a penchant for
hunting, viewed both as a pastime and a subject for art. Gdańsk citizens enjoyed the
right to hunt as of 1588, earlier than any other European bourgeoisie. Most signed works
by Schultz are his depictions of animals. This could be an indirect suggestion about the
identity of the recipients of Schultz’s depictions of the animal world. As stated above,
the Gdańsk citizens had a predilection for hunting pieces; they also cared morę than
courtiers about the fact that such representations were authored by a Gdańsk artist.
Świat
zwierząt
Daniela
Schultza